flamingo

From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense.^[1] All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).

• The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings;^[2] this etymology is supported by Corominas.^[3] (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".^[4])
• Alternatively, either the dance flamenco,^[5] the bird name or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) +‎ -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.

• (US) IPA^(key): /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

flamingo (countable and uncountable, plural flamingos or flamingoes)

2. (countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:

     After Nakuru the light remains only long enough to see the Lake Nakuru, away to the south, with its fringe of pink flamingos, and as the darkness falls the old main line to Kisumu branches to the left.

3. A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

   flamingo:  

• (bird): phenicopter (archaic)

flamingo (not comparable)

1. Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

flamingo c (singular definite flamingoen, plural indefinite flamingoer)

1. flamingo (bird)
2. (uncountable) styrofoam

• “flamingo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, which derives either from Latin flamma (“flame”), after the color of its plumage, or (less likely) from Middle Dutch vlaminc, after their ruddy skin color (compare Spanish flamenco).

• IPA^(key): /ˌflaːˈmɪŋ.ɡoː/

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• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)

1. a flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae

   Synonym: zeegans

2. (particularly) the greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus

   Synonyms: Europese flamingo, grote flamingo

3. (Suriname) synonym of rode ibis

• Europese flamingo
• grote flamingo

• Afrikaans: flamink

flamo (“flame”) +‎ -ingo (“socket”)

• IPA^(key): /flaˈminɡo/

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• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

flamingo (accusative singular flamingon, plural flamingoj, accusative plural flamingojn)

1. gas burner

• flamengo (“flamingo”)

From English flamingo, from Spanish flamengo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑmiŋːo/, [ˈflɑ̝miŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑmiŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): fla‧min‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): fla‧min‧go

flamingo

1. flamingo
2. (specifically) greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

• “flamingo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

flamingo (plural flamingo-flamingo)

1. flamingo

flamingo (plural flamingo-flamingo)

1. flamingo

From Portuguese flamingo.

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoer, definite plural flamingoene)

1. a flamingo

• “flamingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Portuguese flamingo.

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoar, definite plural flamingoane)

1. a flamingo

• “flamingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• flamengo

Borrowed from English flamingo, from Portuguese and Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Old Occitan flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).

• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

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• Rhymes: -ĩɡu

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo (bird)

• “flamingo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “flamingo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• flaming — rare

Borrowed from German Flamingo, from Spanish flamengo or Portuguese flamengo (“flame colored”).

• IPA^(key): /flaˈmin.ɡo/

flamingo m (plural flamingi)

1. flamingo (bird)

• flamingo andin
• flamingo chilian
• flamingo minor
• flamingo roz

• flamenco

• fenicopteriform

• “flamingo”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /flaˈminɡo/ [flaˈmĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: fla‧min‧go

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo

Borrowed from Dutch flamingo. (The bird that in English is known as flamingo is known instead as segansi.)

flamingo

1. scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

   Synonym: korikori

Borrowed from English flamingo.

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flamingo class ? (plural [please provide])

1. flamingo

   Synonym: heroe

   • 2012 February 5, “Utaliana yapata homa ya West Nile”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[5]:

     Wingu la flamingo, au heroe, huvutia maelfu ya watu kila mwaka, watu wanaopenda kuwatazama kwenye kisiwa cha Sardinia, magharibi mwa Utaliana.

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flamingo c

1. flamingo (bird)

• flamingo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flamingo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flamingo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)